Helen Liao, Assurance Services Partner, Featured in Long Island Business News Article, "Who's Who in Women in Professional Services & Green."

Helen Liao, CPA is a partner in Marcum LLP's technical review and quality control group. Liao specializes in public clients that file reports with SEC and International exchanges. Liao's industry focus includes broker-dealers, publishers, software companies, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers and service organizations.

Audit quality has been one of the hottest topics in the accounting profession, Liao said.

"Over the years, many organizations, including the America Institute of CPAs (AICPA), the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) and the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) have worked to define audit quality, with no universal agreement," Liao said. "However, the three-pronged audit quality framework of audit inputs, audit processes and audit results is widely accepted.

Marcum LLP's experience within the Healthcare industry covers the full continuum of care with a special focus within the post-acute care geriatric segments of the industry, hospitals and physician practices.

While a corporate tax cut that brought the top rate down from 35 percent to 21 percent is widely seen as the centerpiece of the recent tax rules, there also were a number of changes to compensation for executives and employees.

Marcum LLP is one of the largest independent public accounting and advisory services firms in the nation, with offices in major
business markets throughout the U.S., as well as Grand Cayman, China and Ireland.